Founder of a listed tool

Sean Neville

Co-founder and CEO, Catena Labs, named behind the ACK-Pay (Agent Commerce Kit) listing on Anchor Terminal.

Co-founder and CEO, Catena Labs

Sean Neville co-founded Catena Labs with Matt Venables and leads it as CEO. Catena builds governance and banking infrastructure for AI agents and publishes the Agent Commerce Kit.

What Sean builds

  • ACK-Pay (Agent Commerce Kit) D · Pay-per-call protocols

    ACK-Pay is the open payment protocol in Agent Commerce Kit from Catena Labs. A server returns a signed Payment Request, the client pays through a Payment Service and retries with a receipt issued as a W3C Verifiable Credential.

    Co-founder and CEO, Catena Labs, researched 28 October 2026 · the people behind it

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Who is Sean Neville?

Sean Neville co-founded Catena Labs with Matt Venables and leads it as CEO. Catena builds governance and banking infrastructure for AI agents and publishes the Agent Commerce Kit.

What does Catena Labs, Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists ACK-Pay (Agent Commerce Kit) from Catena Labs, Inc.. ACK-Pay is the open payment protocol in Agent Commerce Kit from Catena Labs. A server returns a signed Payment Request, the client pays through a Payment Service and retries with a receipt issued as a W3C Verifiable Credential.

Who has invested in Catena Labs, Inc.?

The sources our research read name Andreessen Horowitz, Acrew Capital, Breyer Capital, General Catalyst, QED Investors, Circle, Coinbase, Stanford University, Pillar VC, IDG Capital, Oak HC/FT, Tom Brady, Bradley Horowitz, Hamel Husain, Sam Palmisano and Balaji Srinivasan.

How are Sean's tools graded?

ACK-Pay (Agent Commerce Kit) is graded D, 53.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

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